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petrogenesis

Today it means: Rock formation, especially the formation of igneous or metamorphic rocks. Full definition →

German Petrogenese

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German · derived fromPetrogenese
English todaypetrogenesis

From petro- + -genesis, originally as a calque of earlier German Petrogenese and Petrogenesis.

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